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TOY PUZZLE.

Patented Mar. 3, 1891.

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VILLIAM XV. BROVN, OF NEV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO EDlVARD MUEHSAM, OFSAME PLACE.

TOY PUZZLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,631, dated March 3,1891.

Application iiled November l1, 1890. Serial No. 371.024. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. BROWN, of New York city, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in ToyPuzzles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a toy puzzle, and has for its object to providea simple and economic devicel which will tax the ingenuity of themanipulator and interest and amuse him; and the invention consists inthe novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will behereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and let-ters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in both the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the puzzle, and Fig. 2 is a centralvertical section through the main portion thereof.

The puzzle maybe said to consist, primarily, of a casing A and a stem B,adapted to be removed from within the casing. The casing A is preferablymade of glass or other transparent or translucent material,and isshaped. to assimilate a bottle. The stem B is made in two sections 10and 11. The section 10 is preferably circular in cross-section, and thelength of the sect-ion is preferably greater than one-half the height ofthe receptacle. The section 10 may be constructed of wood, metal,rubber, or any desired material, and is provided with a central bore 12,which extends from its upper end downward to within a short distance ofits lower extremity. The bore 12 of the stem-section 10 is intersectedby an opening or aperture 13, which opening or aperture passes throughthe stem-section 10 near its bottom from side to side. The opening' oraperture 13 is sufficiently large to receive a screw 14 or theequivalent thereofas, vfor instance, a rod or pin having its exteriorsurface roughened for a portion of its length. The upper exteriorsurface of the stem-section 10 is threadedand upon the upper threadedend of the Said section the up per or cap section 11 of the stem isscrewed.

The cap-section is of greater diameter than the lower section 10 and isadapted to rest normally upon the mouth of the receptacle, as shown inFig. 1. The cap-section has a recess or socket 15 produced centrallyinits under face, adapted to receive the upper end of a rod 16, which rodis passed downward through the central bore 12 of the lower stemsectionto an engagement with the screw or with the roughened surface of thepin, if a pin is employed.

In placing the parts of the puzzle together the screw is firstintroduced into the receptacle and the section 10 of the stem is passedthrough the mouth of the receptacle until the aperture 13 therein isjust below the neck thereof. The screw or the pin is manipulated byshaking or vibrating the bottle or receptacle until one end of saidscrew enters the opening 13 of the stem-section at one side, and whenthis is accomplished the screw or pin by being brought in engagementwith one of the sides of the receptacle is pushed a sufficient distancethrough the opening 13 to canse it to extend beyond each side of thestem. The next step is to lock or secure the pin in this position. Thisis accomplished by passing the rod 16 down through the vertical bore inthe stem-section 10 until the said rod is brought in engagement with thethreaded surface of the screw or with the roughened surface of the pin,if such be used as a substitute for the screw. The cap-section 11 of thestem is now screwed to place upon the lower section 10, whereupon as theupper end of the rod 16 enters the socket of the cap-section the tighterthe cap is screwed to place the iirmer the rod 16 presses against Thejoint between the two sec the screw. tions of the stem is neatly made,and the stem appears to be made of one piece of material and the screwto be loosely held in the lower section ot' the stern, as the apertureor opening 13 is preferably made of greater diameter than the greatestdiameter of the screw eX- cepting the head thereof. When the parts havebeen put together in the manner described, the key to the puzzle isconcealed from view, and when the key of the puzzle is known the stemmay be quickly and conven- IOO 5 Patentl. In a toy puzzle, thecombination, with a transparent or translucent bottle-like receptacle,ot a stem eonnurising,` abody-se'ction and asap-section detachablysecured tothe bodyio section, the body-section being' provided with atransverse aperture and a central bore leading into the aperture, and apin loosely fitting' into the transverse aperture of the stern, and arod passed downward through the bore of 15 the stem and ei'lgagine; withthe pin, as and for the purpose specified.

2. ln a toy puzzle, the combination, with a transparent or translucentbottle-like receptacle, of a stein consisting ot' a body-section adaptedto enter the receptacle,provided with a transverse aperture near itslower end and a central bore extending downward from the top to thetransverse aperture, a cap-section detachably secured to thebodysectio"n, the said cap-section having; a recess in its under face, apin loosely fitted in the transverse aperture of the stem, and a rodlocated in the bore ot' the stem, one end ot which rod is in engagementwith the pin, the opposite end being; adapted to enter the recess in thecapsection of the stem, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

\Vl\l. lV. BROVN. Witnesses:

S. STEINHEIMER, ISRAEL JOEL.

